ENS 40680
ENS Event | |
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14:26 Apr 17, 2004 | |
| Title | Offsite Notification - Small Fire at Palo Verde 1: Two Employees Injured, No Plant Equipment Damage |
| Event Description | On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at approximately 07:26 [MST], a fire in the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 turbine building resulted in two injuries due to burns. Both individuals were transported offsite for treatment. One of the two was airlifted with suspected second degree burns. Neither involved any radioactive contamination.
No press release is planned, but media attention has already been observed in response to media monitoring communications on local police/fire scanners. Calls have been received from several TV stations. One local station broadcast the fire and injuries at approximately 09:40 (MST). Palo Verde Unit 1 is shutdown and defueled in its eleventh refueling outage. The fire was associated with pre-heating for welding in the turbine building. It is suspected that solvent vapor in the vicinity of the pre-heating activity may have flashed. The fire was extinguished in less than 15 minutes and no emergency plan classification was declared or required as a result of the fire. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of the event and this ENS notification. The fire occurred near the Main Feed Pump Turbine Alpha, which was dismantled at the time. There appears to be no physical damage to any plant equipment, although some nearby cleaning rags were partially burned.
1) Both workers received facial burns. One was treated and released at approximately 11:00 MST on Saturday, April 17, 2004. The other was released during the morning of Sunday, April 18, 2004. 2) There was no equipment damage as a result of the fire. The apparent cause of the fire in the "A" main feed pump turbine lower shell was residual isopropyl alcohol in a drain hole. The alcohol is used to clean solvent residue to have the turbine shell oil-free for NDE (non-destructive examination) purposes. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of this ENS update. Notified NRC Region 4 Duty Officer (D. Powers) |
| Where | |
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Palo Verde  Arizona (NRC Region 4) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.48 h-0.02 days <br />-0.00286 weeks <br />-6.57504e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Dann R. Dailey 13:57 Apr 17, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Jamie Heisserer |
| Last Updated: | Apr 18, 2004 |
| 40680 - NRC Website
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